www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Statue Of Libertyhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/statue-of-liberty/?utm_medium=RSS2014-07-30T05:54:30-04:00Ticket me Elmo? NYC mulls law for impersonators2014-07-30T05:54:30-04:00VERENA DOBNIKhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/30/ticket-me-elmo-nyc-mulls-law-for-impersonators/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>NEW YORK (AP) - New York City officials are turning up the heat on Elmo, Cookie Monster and Statue of Liberty impersonators - Times Square costumed characters who often demand money for posing in photos with tourists.</p> <p>The city wants to rein in a summertime spike in badly behaving characters ...States strike deals with federal govt. to reopen Grand Canyon, Statue of Liberty2013-10-11T19:42:41-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/11/states-strike-deals-federal-govt-reopen-grand-cany/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>PHOENIX &mdash; Arizona and New York have made deals with federal government to reopen Grand Canyon and the Statue of Liberty.</p>Fourth of July gift: Statue of Liberty reopens for business2013-07-04T06:16:26-04:00Cheryl K. Chumleyhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/4/fourth-july-gift-lady-liberty-reopens-business/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The Statue of Liberty, hit hard by Superstorm Sandy in October and closed for repairs, is now back in business &mdash; just in time for Independence Day.</p> <p>The storm's 14-foot surge had flooded about 75 percent of the island, destroying water and sewer systems, and wrecking docks and paths.</p> <p>Coincidentally, ...Space shuttle arrives in NYC; crowds watch in awe2012-04-27T16:19:36-04:00MEGHAN BARRhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/27/space-shuttle-arrives-in-nyc-crowds-watch-in-awe/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>NEW YORK (AP) - In a city understandably wary of low-flying aircraft, New Yorkers and tourists alike watched with joy and excitement Friday as space shuttle Enterprise sailed over the skyline on its final flight before it becomes a museum piece.</p><p>Ten years after 9/11, people gathered on rooftops and the ...Lady Liberty gets high-tech with new cameras2011-10-27T16:38:08-04:00Cristian Salazar and Randy Herschaft http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/27/lady-liberty-gets-high-tech-with-new-cameras/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Give me your tired, your poor - your Internet-connected masses yearning to see. Lady Liberty is getting high-tech gifts for her 125th birthday: webcams on her torch that will let viewers gaze out at New York Harbor and read the tablet in her hands or see visitors on the grounds ...Sooners see old nemesis in Texas coaching ranks2011-10-05T15:23:19-04:00JIM VERTUNOhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/5/sooners-see-old-nemesis-in-texas-coaching-ranks/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>AUSTIN, TEXAS (AP) - Texas is taking a ghost from Oklahoma's past into this weekend's Red River Rivalry game.</p><p>The Longhorns' new offensive coordinator is Bryan Harsin, the same guy whose aggressive and creative play calling led Boise State to a stunning Fiesta Bowl upset of the Sooners in 2007. No ...